Crossword-Solution: HOPPLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Hopple | v. t. | To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse. |
| Hopple | v. t. | Fig.: To entangle; to hamper. |
| Hopple | n. | A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “HOPPLE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Fetter for a steed or a steer | 1 answer |
| Tether | 26 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETRE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with HOPPLE (5)
Awd foaks were thar, fra near an' far, At couldn't fairly hopple; An' laffin' brats, as wild as cats, Ower heeads an' heels did topple.
The little maples and beeches flung their sprays of vivid green foliage above the darker shades of the witch hopple into the soft-lighted air of the great house of the wood and filled it with a pleasant odor.
Two methods of hoppling are practiced among the Indians and hunters of the West: one with a strap about two feet long buckling around the fore legs above the fetlock joints; the other is what they term the "_side hopple_" which is made by buckling a strap around a front and rear leg upon the same side.
The latter plan is the best, because the animal, side-hoppled, is able to go but little faster than a walk, while the front hopple permits him, after a little practice, to gallop off at considerable speed.
When a horse is thus caught, the hunter leaps from his steed, and lets out the lasso gradually, choking his captive till he is obliged to stop: he then contrives to hopple or tie his fore-legs; to fasten the lasso round his lower jaw; to breathe in his nostrils, and to lead him home.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1982–1990).